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GRUGELFEST 2015 will be held the weekend of September 11-13 at the
Park Inn by Radisson Hotel, 101 N Summit Street in downtown Toledo. Named for the late
Ralph Grugel,
leader of Cleveland’s Eagle
Jazz Band, GRUGELFEST has replaced the annual Fall Dixieland Festival produced for more than 20 years by the
EARLYJAS Club of Northeast
Ohio. Traditional New Orleans Jazz Bands plus World-Class ragtime piano
players and singers will be featured during 4 sessions: Friday night,
Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday. A
Pre-Festival party will be held on Thursday night (September 10) at
YE OLDE
DURTY BIRD . . .
Downtown Toledo’s Gastropub (just around the corner from the Park Inn Hotel) with music by
Ragtime
Rick and the Chefs of Dixieland, for
those who can’t wait for the party to begin. On Sunday morning, a Dixieland Worship Service will be held at
Bethel Lutheran Church, 1853
South Avenue (just 3.5 miles from the Park Inn hotel). Everyone attending GRUGELFEST 2015 is
encouraged to attend, and a free shuttle
from the hotel will be provided. After the service, a chicken barbeque
dinner will be held.
Tickets are on sale at the Huntington
Center Box Office (419 321-5007) and at
www.ticketmaster.com. To reserve a room, call
the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel at
419 241-3000 (do
not use the 800 number). Be sure to
ask for GRUGELFEST rates! Contact Us: GRUGELFEST
c/o Ragtime Rick P.O. Box 1071 Toledo, OH
43697 Profits from the GRUGELFEST will benefit the
Dyslexia Education Training Center of Northwest Ohio (formerly the 32°
Masonic Learning Center for Children). It is an organization which
teaches children with dyslexia how to read.
Pam Croson, Director 419 252-0748 |
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Grugelfest 2015 |
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Call Box Office for Tickets: 419 321-5007 also available at: or
call Ticketmaster at: 800
745-3000 |
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For Hotel Reservations call: The Park Inn Hotel 419 241-3000 Ask for Grugelfest rates! |
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Tex Wyndham & his Red Lion Jazz Band ~ Mendenhall, PA Kerry Price and Friends ~ Metro - Detroit, Michigan Climax Jazz Band ~ Toronto, Ontario (Canada) Cakewalkin' Jass Band ~ Toledo, Ohio with Nicole
Heitger, vocalist Epsilon Jass Band ~ Petoskey, Michigan with additional attactions: The Local Girls ~ Athens, Ohio recalling
the harmonies of the Boswell Sisters Ragtime
Piano by Tex Wyndham Sister Jean, the Ragtime Queen and the Eagle Jazz Reunion Band
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